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How weather works
Observing weather
Analysing
weather
Forecasting
Climate & climates
Other useful
information
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Time and units of measurement |
Daylight saving time operates
in NSW, VIC, TAS, SA and the ACT from 2am on the first Sunday in
October to 3am on the first Sunday in April.
Official information on daylight saving is available from this Australian Government information site. WorldTimeZone provides a useful summary of Daylight Time changeover dates worldwide. (22/01/10)
| States |
Hours to add to UTC (GMT)
to get Standard Time |
Hours to add to UTC (GMT)
to get Daylight Saving Time |
| ACT, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania |
+10 = Eastern Standard Time |
+11 = Eastern Daylight Saving
Time |
| Queensland |
+10 = Eastern Standard Time |
Does not use Daylight Saving
Time |
| South Australia |
+9.5 = Central Standard Time |
+10.5 = Central Daylight Saving
Time |
| Northern Territory |
+9.5 = Central Standard Time |
Does not use Daylight Saving
Time |
| Western Australia |
+8 = Western Standard Time |
Does not use Daylight Saving
Time |
Useful time-related
sites:
- Time
conversion -- the time now across Australia (22/01/10)
- All about time from the US Navy (22/01/10)
- History of Daylight Saving Time switch-over dates in Australia from the BoM (22/01/10)
- How Daylight Saving Time affects weather data collection in Australia from the BoM (22/01/10)
Units
of Measurement
- A conversion
calculator to convert temperature, pressure, rainfall
and wind measurements between different units. From the
BoM (04/10/02)
- A humidity
calculator to calculate relative humidity from the dry
bulb temperature and wet bulb or dew point temperature.
From the BoM (04/10/02)
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